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The Supreme Court acquitted six individuals who had been sentenced to death in 2009 for the 2003 murder of five members of a family, including a minor girl. The court overturned its own previous judgment in a rare reversal.
Ankur Padia was accused of the abduction and murder of a child named Rudraksh. A trial court upheld the death sentence previously awarded to the accused.
Govindachamy was accused and convicted for the 2011 rape and murder of 23-year-old Soumya. The Supreme Court of India commuted his previously awarded death sentence to 14 years of imprisonment.
In January 2013, a college student was gang-raped and murdered in Kamduni, West Bengal, leading to the trial of six individuals. On 30 January 2016, a Kolkata court convicted the six defendants, sentencing three to death and three to life imprisonment. The court categorized the crime as the rarest of rare cases.
A man was sentenced to double death and double life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a two-year-old girl. This was reported as the first sentencing under the amended Section 376A of the IPC.
Vikas and Vishal Yadav were convicted for the 2002 murder of Nitish Katara. The Supreme Court heard appeals regarding the death penalty for the convicts.
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